The image was captured in visible light by their adaptive optics array, with the new Solar Telescope (NST).

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“This photo of a sunspot is now the most detailed ever obtained in visible light,” according to Ciel et l’Espace. In September, the popular astronomy magazine will publish several more photos of the Sun taken with BBSO’s new adaptive optics system.” Professor Philip R. Goode.